ALEXANDER WILSON 1829 COPPER PLATE ENGRAVED HAND COLORED BIRD PRINT
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BEAUTIFUL COPPER PLATE ENGRAVED ALEXANDER WILSON FATHER OF ORNITHOLOGY ~ 1829 ENGRAVING 13 X17 (OD) INCH HAND COLORED ~ COLLINS & CO. & HARRISON HALL SECOND EDITON FOLIO ~ THE IMPORTANCE AND POPULARITY OF WILSONS ORNITHOLOGY LET TO THE CREATION OF THE SECOND EDITION OF THE WORK ABOUT A DECADE AFTER THE FIRST ~(WHICH PAPER CONDITION AND PRINT WERE POOR) BY THIS TIME THERE WAS MORE MONEY AVAILABLE FOR THE WORK SO THE PAPER IS LARGER AND BETTER QUALITY (BY FAR) THE PLATES US...ED ARE THE SAME SO THE IMAGES ARE IDENTICAL AND OF ESSENTIALLY THE SAME HISTORIC INTEREST AS THOSE FROM THE FIRST ~ THESE ARE WONDERFUL PRINTS ~ I HAVE SEVERAL FOR SALE ~ AS ALWAYS THE SPECIES OF BIRDS HAVE DIFFERENT VALUES BY POPULARITY...I TOOK THESE PHOTOS WHILE THEY WERE IN CHEAP FRAMES WITH STYRENE COVERS SO IMAGES ARE ACTUALLY BETTER AND THESE SHOULD BE REFRAMED IN A QUALITY FRAME THAT THEY DESERVE ~ MY PRICE ARE WAY UNDER WHAT DEALERS ARE ASKING ~ THIS ONE IS ENGRAVED BY A. LAWSON FAMOUS IN HIS OWN RIGHT...THESE PRINTS ARE 190 YEARS OLD...THIS ONE IS TWO BIRDS ~ SNIPE & QUAIL ~ GREAT ART AT CHEAP PRICES ~ WILSON WAS A INTERESTING CHARACTER TALENTED AND DRIVEN..WALKING THOUSANDS OF MILES TO GET HIS BIRD DRAWINGS....READ ABOUT HIM
